LAKEWOOD

Platted by the Western Town Lot Co. in 1897 and
appropriately named for the lake in the nearby woods. Information provided
by Deana Hipke.

The Tourtillotte family operated a trading post at Waubee Lake in the mid
1800's. This was sold to Mr. Langlois and then became a resort under the
ownership of Hick Mc Conley. The 60 lakes and 300 miles of trout streams
within the 6 mile radius of Lakewood attracted John Anderson, thought to
be the first white settler in Lakewood, who bought 80 acres of land that was
later occupied by the Lowery Family.

The first post office was in his home.
Next a log building became the postoffice. Mrs. Baker, Mrs John Frye, and
Arthur Rugg were successively in charge. John Frye settled on 40 acres near
Lakewood in 1906, and the deed to the land was signed by President
Theodore Roosevelt. Mayme Brennen of Gillett, in Oconto County, was the
school teacher in the first schoolhouse building on Brook Farm. She married
William Grady, the local tavern owner. Other early family names include
Pederson, Ihlenfeldt (1900), Boeckle, Bauers, Baker, Gehling, Checota,
Zipper, Raddant, and Rugg.

When the railroad came through Lakewood in
1897, Chris Himmler was the first depot agent and Mike Grady was the first
section foreman. A devestating fire destroyed much of Lakewood in 1921.
The first brick hotel in Lakewood was built shortly thereafter by brothers
William (also owner of the first tavern) and E.M. Flynn, originally from
Breed, Oconto County. Lakewood was the hometown of former professional
big league baseball player, Russel Bauers.